Aussie woman booted from Hawaii after US customs officers read her diary

A Melbourne woman who planned a three month holiday in Hawaii with her American boyfriend was imprisoned and deported in a “mortifying” experience.

Molly Hill, 26, resigned from her marketing job to spend the extended holiday with her boyfriend, who she met on a previous holiday in Hawaii for a friend’s wedding, however she was detained by US customs when she stepped off the plane in Honolulu.

Despite the fact that Hill had an 88-day tourist visa and a return ticket booked and paid for, officials were convinced that she was planning to immigrate illegally, and the reason all came down to her diary entries.

Hill’s diary contained entries such as “last day at work” and “going away drinks” as she planned her holiday, which were deemed suspicious.

Because there were no immediate flights back to Australia, she was forced to spend the night in a federal prison.